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September 18 kayak raffle to benefit Town of Webb Historical Association

The Goodsell Museum is currently selling raffle tickets for a Swift Adirondack 12LT kayak with a carbon paddle and life vest.

The 12’ kayak weighs only 24 lbs. and is made of lightweight black Carbon/Kevlar Fusion.

It is valued at $3,000 and is currently on display at the museum located at 2993 State Route 28 in Old Forge.

Tickets are $5 each and available at the Goodsell Museum, the Old Forge Hardware, Rivett’s Boat Marine, and Over the Moon Hair Salon in Old Forge.

Tickets can also be purchased at Otter Lake Station and Adirondack Groceries in Otter Lake. All proceeds will benefit the Town of Webb Historical Association.

The drawing will be held Sunday, September 18 at the Old Forge Fire Hall during the fire department’s Big Bucks Give-Away Drawing.

More information is available by calling (315) 369-3838 or visit: www.webbhistory.org.

 

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Old Forge readies array of Labor Day weekend events

Summer is not over yet in Old Forge, Inlet and The Town of Webb. Labor Day Weekend celebrates the beginning of fall with a variety of activities for all to enjoy.

On Sunday, September 4 Old Forge will host its annual live music and fireworks display at 7 p.m. on the Old Forge Lakefront.

During the evening, the drawing for the annual raffle of a 2012 Dodge Challenger RT sponsored by the Central Adirondack Association will be held.

In addition to the Challenger, 11 more prizes will be given away, including one $10,000 cash prize, one $3,000 cash prize, and nine $1,000 cash prizes. Only 999 tickets will be sold, and according to Information Center staff, tickets are going fast.

Live entertainment will be provided by Paul Case and The Nards. Featuring Sydney Pinto’s vocals, Darryl Mattison on drums, and Dan Porter on vocals and bass.

The band plays a mixture of rock, reggae, blues and folk music.

Those seeking more information about events over Labor Day weekend in Old Forge can go online to: www.OldForgeNY.com or call the Town of Webb Publicity Department at (315) 369-6983.

 

 

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29th Adirondack Canoe Classic to launch from Old Forge

The Adirondack Canoe Classic is scheduled to take place in Old Forge the weekend after Labor Day with paddlers to depart from the Old Forge Pond lakefront at 8 a.m. on Friday, September 9th.

Participants are asked to gather on the evening of Thursday, September 8 to register and make final preparations.

This year’s event, organized by Brian and Grace McDonnell of the Adirondack Watershed Alliance, will be limited to 250 vessels consisting of guide boats, voyageur canoes, and kayaks; as well as solo, tandem, and four person canoes.

Traditionally, the Adirondack Canoe Classic has over 500 participants, 100 direct volunteers, 500 people on pit crew, and thousands of spectators, making it a truly unique event.

On the first day, participants will follow the Fulton Chain of Lakes up through Eighth Lake portaging their boats between Fifth and Sixth Lakes, and again between Seventh and Eighth Lake.

Participants will then paddle on towards the Brown’s Tract, across Raquette Lake to St. Hubert’s Bay, up the Marion River and across the railroad grade to Lakes Utowana and Eagle, where they will finish the 35-mile day at the Blue Mountain Lake finish line.

Day two will begin at Endion on Long Lake.

Paddlers will take off in waves toward the north end of the lake, following the Raquette River down to the DEC fishing access east of Tupper Lake.

The approximate distance for Day Two is 30 miles.

The final day of Adirondack Canoe Classic begins at the DEC Fish Creek Campground where paddlers will then cross Square Pond and head down Fish Creek to Upper Saranac Lake.

Upon reaching Upper Saranac, participants will paddle across Middle Saranac and through Lower Saranac Lake until they reach the Saranac River and Oseetah Lake.

After a distance of 90 miles over the course of three days, participants will be greeted at the finish line on Lake Flower in the Village of Saranac Lake.

In addition to the Adirondack Watershed Alliance, a host of businesses have pledged to support the paddlers along the 90 mile route.

Those wanting more information about the 29th Annual Adirondack Canoe Classic or the Adirondack Watershed Alliance can contact the AWA at (518) 891-2744 or Brian at MAC’s Canoe Livery at (518) 891-1176.

 

 

 

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Karate classes coming to Old Forge

Karate classes for all ages are being offered at the Park Avenue Building in Old Forge on Wed-nes-days from 5 to 8 p.m., beginning September 7.

The instructor is Andrew Croniser of Woodgate who has a 5th Degree Black Belt and is a Certified Instructor in Chinese Kenpo Karate.

Croniser, who has been teaching karate for 25 years, has also achieved 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon-Do.

He currently teaches karate in Boonville, Barneveld and Marcy and is now expanding into the Old Forge area.

A pre-skills class for four- and five-year-olds will begin at 5 p.m. and will run for approximately 35 minutes.

A class for 6- to 9-year-olds will follow and run from 45 minutes to an hour.

A mixed class and adult class will follow. Continue reading →

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126 golfers participate in 1st Muriel Cohen Memory Celebration

In the Clubhouse, friends of Muriel Cohen get ready to play dominoes, which was one of her favorite games. Clockwise from left are Nancy Jones, Patty Bowen, Renee Leve, Connie Zogby, Linda Slavin, Dianne Slavin and Bonnie Mantle. Photo by Carol Hansen

The Muriel Cohen Memory Celebration Golf Benefit, held Monday, August 22 at Thendara Golf Club drew a crowd of 126 golfers.

The fundraising event honored the memory of Muriel Cohen, a local golfer and active volunteer who passed away in September 2010.

Friends also honored Muriel by participating in activities that she enjoyed, such as dominoes, Canasta, kayaking, and tennis.

A buffet lunch and hors d’oeuvres were also included in the day of activities.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Summer Golf Camp for Kids at Thendara Golf Club. Continue reading →

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Adirondack Detective author John Briant to visit Old Forge Hardware for Saturday, September 3 booksigning

I started right here in this room,” said John Briant, standing at the podium in the Old Forge Library wing on Tuesday, August 16, where he was giving a reading from his latest book, As Autumn Leaves Turn.

John Briant presents a signed copy of "As Autumn Leaves Turn," the latest book in his Adirondack Detective series, to Marguerite Kershaw following a reading and book talk at the Old Forge Library on Tuesday, August 17. In the background is Briant's wife Marge. Photo by Carol Hansen

“I would say it was almost 20 years ago. I had signed up for a writing workshop program. That’s where the (writing) seed was planted,” he said.

Briant, a retired New York State trooper published his first book, One Cop’s Story in 1995, then followed it with the Adirondack Detective series. His latest book is the seventh in the series.

In the current book, Briant’s main character Private Detective Jason Black, his wife Patty, and 10-year-old son Jay, are settled in their log home in Old Forge, where Jason continues to work on bad check cases, Patty is involved in knitting groups, and Jay attends school. Continue reading →

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Justice Robert H. Jackson of the Supreme Court, the chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials. Schulberg Productions

Restored Nuremberg film to play Strand over Labor Day weekend

Justice Robert H. Jackson of the Supreme Court, the chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials. Schulberg Productions

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today is a film about the Nuremberg Trial that was commissioned by the United States War Department at the end of World War II.

The film, which was not screened in American theaters until this year, will be featured at Old Forge’s Strand Theatre on September 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Sandra Schulberg, daughter of the late Stuart Schulberg who wrote and directed the film, will be present at all showings of the film to speak to the audience.

According to Sandra, the film premiered in Germany in 1948, two years after the trial of Nazi war criminals ended at Nuremberg.

But despite its U.S. backing the film was banned from American theaters for political reasons.

In making the film, her father, a Marine Corps officer at the time, and her uncle, Navy Lt. Budd Schulberg, who later wrote and won an Oscar for On the Waterfront, were assigned to locate and assemble the Nazi films that were presented as evidence in the Nuremberg courtroom.

The Schulberg brothers were under the supervision of movie director John Ford, commander of the OSS War Crimes film unit.

The OSS was the wartime spy agency and a precursor to the CIA.

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